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> Using automated systems to adjust the flight characteristics has been going on at least since the 707 with its yaw damper, and likely much earlier. That's gl
by justicezyx 8y ago
> Using automated systems to adjust the flight characteristics has been going on at least since the 707 with its yaw damper, and likely much earlier.
That's glossy.
In our trade, we call that adding another layer of abstraction. And eventually it runs into unbearable complexity and tech debt. Then the thing becomes a disaster.
Sure, everyone does this.
But that does not make it less wrong or less bad.
- WalterBright 8y agoI don't know what your trade is, all I can say is good luck designing an airplane that has no instability issues throughout its flight envelope, without some augmentation here and there. Pretty much all airplanes have stability issues. Most of the time the pilot is trained to stay away from them, but sometimes they don't and crash it, and then there's a cry to add augmentation to compensate for the nut behind the wheel.
- justicezyx 8y agoHmm, we all know for a fact that 737 max duct typed alight control system instead of solving the issue from root. How is that relevant to instability. And as a matter of fact, passenger airplanes are usually stable by design. What Boeing does violates this basic design principle in flights.
- WalterBright 8y ago> passenger airplanes are usually stable by design Not so. The yaw damper is an example, used to prevent Dutch Roll. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw_damper https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw_damper